Webinars On Demand
With over 50 workplace topics to choose from, we make it easy to find the information you’re looking for. Our storehouse of 90-minute MP3s brings together the collected wisdom and experience of leading union and management counsel as well as neutrals and subject matter experts from across the country. In addition, each MP3 is accompanied by a PDF of concise summaries of cases discussed by the experts.
Festivus for the Rest of Us?: Celebrating the holidays in a multicultural workplace
November 21, 2013 On the popular sitcom Seinfeld, the character Frank Costanza created an alternative holiday called "Festivus" in response to the commercialism and pressure that has come to dominate Christmas. In Canada's [...]
Anger Management: Rage as a health and safety risk in the workplace
November 14, 2013 Anger is a natural, and sometimes even productive, reaction in certain situations. However, sometimes individuals become angry in inappropriate situations or express their anger in inappropriate ways. Sometimes individuals are [...]
Talking Politics at Work and Beyond: What are the limits?
October 30, 2013 There is often a tension between the free speech rights of employees and the interests employers have in controlling their public image and protecting their reputation. This tension is especially [...]
Counselling or Discipline: What works better? When is it grievable?
October 17, 2013 Every day, employers may deal with a range of challenges such as workplace conflict, employee misconduct and unsatisfactory performance. It is often difficult to determine whether counselling or discipline is [...]
Drug and Alcohol Testing: The lay of the land after the Supreme Court of Canada’s Irving decision
October 02, 2013 On June 14, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling in Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 30 v. Irving Pulp & Paper, Ltd., a decision with [...]
Attendance Management: Applying and adjusting the rules for employees with mental health issues
September 24, 2013 Within certain limits, employers have the right to manage employee attendance, set standards, and control excessive absenteeism. However, when an employee's absenteeism is the result of a mental disability or [...]
Fulfilling the Duty to Accommodate: A step-by-step guide
September 12, 2013 The duty to accommodate is likely the most common, and one of the most challenging, issues in the contemporary workplace. What are the basic steps that should be taken when [...]
Changing medical definitions of mental disabilities, and the potential impact on workplace law
July 10, 2013 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, is often referred to as psychiatry's Bible; it is the authoritative text used by North American psychiatrists and psychologists to [...]